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Issue: Vol. 2132 No. 1: 15 Jun. 2009
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2009-06-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2132.1.4
Page range: 65–68
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 17

A new genus and species of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the western dry forest of Ecuador

Center for Biological Control, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307 USA
Coleoptera Australotymnes Eumolpinae Ecuador

Abstract

Australotymnes jipijapa new genus, new species (type locality: Ecuador) is described. Adults were collected from vegetation during the rainy season in disturbed and converted dry forest in western Ecuador.

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